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National New HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Data Summary, September 2018 Analysis

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

    The most recent data collected on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reflects a small dip in new manufactured home production.   According to information and analysis provided by MHARR, the following are the totals for September 2018. “Just-released statistics indicate that HUD […]

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Direct Relationship – Rule of Law, Sound Information, Equal Access, Profits & Pay – MHVille, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Election, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, Trends

  “A group of protesters gathered outside the Northwest D.C. home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Nov. 7,” is how the left-of-center Washington Post and related video reported it.     The front door of right-of-center Fox News host Carlson’s home was cracked yesterday by purported AntiFa type

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MHARR Warns Single Source Federal Contract is “Bridge to Nowhere”

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Trends

In a new “Issues and Perspectives,” Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) addresses the following question. Q: Why is the HUD monitoring contract so important? The following three ‘pull quotes’ from his full column below sheds light on that timely topic.

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“A HUD MONITORING CONTRACT ‘BRIDGE TO NOWHERE’”

By / / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform, MHARR Issues & Perspectives

Let’s start off with a truism. And that truism, quite simply, is that within the HUD manufactured housing program, the so-called “monitoring” function has grown, expanded and metamorphosized over time, to become something that it was never meant, designed or intended to be, with a private contractor exercising defactogovernmental authority

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Sun Communities Strategic Investment in Ingenia Communities, Info, Videos Beyond the Release, Plus Manufactured Home Industry Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

The markets are up over 500 points today, as the midterms and that part of ‘uncertainty’ are done. The full import of what’s occurred will be sorted out by professionals and investors.  While voters were being cast, and pundits were getting ready to pour over data, Sun Communities announced yesterday

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Key Clayton/MHI/BO Bets Spanked, First Look at Winners & Losers

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Economy, Election, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

  There’s work to do.   There are still undecided midterm races.  Some may be headed to possible recounts, or an upcoming special election. First, we will look at the facts, then we will take a glance at what this could mean for manufactured housing (MH) and the industry’s investors.

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Conflict of Interests? MHI’s, MHARR’s Most Recent Statements on Controversial GSE Lending, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Weighs In

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

  Facts are nettlesome things.   Fact-checks and comparisons of behavior are useful for intelligent, inquiring professional and investor minds.  It is arguably crucial for the majority of manufactured housing independents, in all sectors of the industry.   The Backdrop On January 2nd, current House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb

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Another Top Manufactured Home State is Sliding on New HUD Code Home Shipments, More New Data

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

  Doctor’s don’t serve their patient if they ignore troubling test results or health symptoms.  A good physician candidly shares the good, the bad, and the problematic honestly with their patients.   An analogous principle from medicine holds true for good trade media. While big companies have several resources available

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Red Wave? Blue Wave? Here’s What Wall Street Is Watching, plus MH Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

Take a giant step back. Then, stop and think. The first part of that headline is from CNBC, a left-of-center media outlet. For about a year, the mainstream media has said that a ‘blue wave is coming.’  We’ll see in a matter of hours.  But the fact that they finally

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New Shipment Data, Top Manufactured Home State, Other MH States Continue Slide

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Trends

  August 2018 new home shipment data is in.   Let’s be clear, it’s not a disaster. But it continues to signal issues and challenges that the Daily Business News on MHProNews has led-the-charge in spotlighting.  Because during an affordable housing crisis, manufactured home should be doing much better than

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Sexual Harassment, #MeToo Small Business Workplace Webinar

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Small Business

  “Sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement have received lots of news coverage of late,” says the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).   “While most of the headlines focus on big-name companies, illegal harassment occurs in businesses of all sizes,” said their statement to the Daily Business News on

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On the Eve of the Midterms, Closing on Willie Horton? Plus, MH Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Small Business, Stocks, Trends

Markets rose, but they’ve been bouncing around pre-midterms through much of October.  This past weekend, several of the Sunday talk shows featured the booming economy.  It was a surprising pivot from media outlets that have kept mum of the economic boom in roughly 21 months of President Trump’s administration. With

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MH Sales, Marketing, Management Life Lesson – Plan A, Plan B

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management

  Imagine the following, because the odds are good that it has already happened to you and your business.   Let’s presume for the next few minutes that you are an ethical person, working in an honest business. Based on that, do you have to have a perfect product or

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Former Clayton Homes Team, Employees Speak Out – Mainstream Media, Trade Media Reports

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Finance, Legal, loans, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Trends

  Pay more attention to what people do than to what they’ve said or promised. Then, “Follow the Money.”   There have been several reports in recent years that have spotlighted troubling claims of problems with respect to Clayton Homes, and their Berkshire Hathaway lending affiliates, 21st Mortgage Corp and

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VP Mike Pence, “We’ll Hold House,” Make History “When We Elect John James” Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity Rally With POTUS Trump Monday Evening

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Economy, Election, Events, Manufactured Housing Industry

  Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity will join President Donald J. Trump at a rally Monday, November 05, 2018 at 09:00 pm (CST) on the eve of this week’s midterm elections, the Trump campaign announced Sunday.   The Hill reports, “The two conservative media personalities will join Trump for a rally

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Business Strategy, Open and Stealth Clients, Transparency, and Manufactured Housing

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Business, Headlines - Week In Review for Manufactured, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, Trends

  When you’re in a business, you better know as much about what influences your profession as you can. That’s a view that billionaires Warren Buffett and Donald J. Trump had in common, 3 years ago.  No doubt, both see it similarly today too. Knowing how to maneuver in an

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Next Federal Contract, MHARR and What National Trade Association Leadership Looks Like

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

  The last time federal data was checked by the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) had about 7 times the revenue that the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) does.   In their last emailed message to their members, MHI – via the voice

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FHFA Comments on Duty to Serve Manufactured Home Lending due by Midnight Tonight, with MHProNews Regulatory Comments

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Finance, loans, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry

  As a reminder to readers, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said the following last month about a request by Fannie Mae to modify their Duty to Serve (DTS) manufactured housing plan. Here’s the release below, which will be followed by the MHProNews attached comments and related links.  

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October Jobs “Astonishing” Report, Mark Levin on Midterms, and MH Market Updates.

By / / Business, Canada, Economy, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

There are two videos this evening, and the one that we think is the most fun is the one with Mark Levin.  When he’s doing the interviewing, he’s often laid back.  When Levin is doing the talking, he’s often on-fire.  This is the later, insightful and passionate. Those will be

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